Brush holder



Jan. 25, 1949.

J. LEONARD ET AL BRUSH HOLDER Filed April 25, 1947 10 v II 5 ,4 I 1+ o omi IO i i I3 I Iuvent or 6 John Leonard Wil/ibald Trenkamp Patented Jan.25, 1949 BRUSH HOLDER John Leonard, West New York, and WillibaldTrenkamp, Hoboken, N. J.

Application April 25, 1947, Serial N0. 743,990

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in brush holders,and more particularly to brush holders for draining paint brushes andthe like.

The primary feature of the present invention is to provide a brushholder adapted for conveniently positioning a brush over a container sothat said brush may drain properly into the container.

Another important feature of the present invention is to provide adevice of the character referred to which is detachably mounted upon avessel such as a paint bucket and including a pivotal arm which permitsthe brush to be positioned in and out of the vessel.

A further feature of the present invention is to provide a brush holderincluding adjustable clamping means for receiving various sized brushhandles.

A still further feature of the present invention is to provide a deviceof the class described that is simple and practical in construction,strong and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, showing my improved brushsupport in use and mounted in position to a bucket or vessel.

Figure 2 is a slightly reduce-d top plan view of Figure 1 with thebrushes removed therefrom.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 33 thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein, for the purpose of illustration,we have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thenumeral 5 represents a substantially inverted U- shaped member whichfits over the upper edge of a bucket or vessel 6 and is fixed thereto bya set screw 7 carried by the outer arm of the member 5.

Welded or otherwise suitably secured to the upper end of member 5 is asubstantially U- shaped bracket 8 having a fixed shaft 9 extendingbetween its upstanding ends.

The holder designated generally by the numeral Ill comprises a pair ofsubstantially inverted L-shaped parallel arms ll connected at theirupper out-turned ends which are looped as at 12 around shaft 9 to permitvertical swinging movement of the holder.

The lower ends of the arms II are turned inwardly, as at 13, to providea pair of crenulated jaws M which are connected by a locking ring l5adjustable on said jaws to tighten the jaws 2 against the handle it of apaint brush or the like I1.

The holder may be swung outwardly to facilitate accessibility to thepaint brush when so desired. However, normally the brush will bepositioned in the vessel so as to allow the drippings of the brush topass into the vessel.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What we claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a body detachably mounted on thevertical edge of a receptacle, a horizontally positioned shaft carriedby the body, a pair of substantially inverted L shaped arms pivoted atone end to the shaft, and a pair of gripping jaws integrally formed atthe lower ends of said arms for receiving a brush handle.

2. A brush holder comprising a body detachably mounted on the verticaledge of a receptacle, a shaft carried by said'body, a plurality ofsubstantially inverted U-shaped arms pivotally mounted on said shaft, apair of gripping jaws integrally formed with each of said arms, andmeans for adjusting said gripping jaws to clampingly support a brushhandle.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein said gripping jaws are crenulatedand said means for adjusting said gripping jaws to clampingly support abrush handle includes a locking ring slidably carried by said grippingjaws.

JOHN LEONARD. VVILLIBALD TRENKAMP.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,286,014 Jetmund Nov. 26, 19182,184,460 Linder Dec. 26, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date418,078 France Nov. 30, 1910

